According to the indictment, DiNunzio was caught on tape discussing his leadership style to a member of the Gambino crime family. He said if a member of his crew failed to do as he said, he would kill them.

“I’ll bury you right in the [expletive] ground puts all the dirt. You’re alive. They stay there. I’ll stay there [expletive] ten hours until your dead. And I’ll dig you back up and make sure your [sic] dead,” DiNunzio said according to the indictment.

DiNunzo is being held without bail until a detention hearing next month.